Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-03-22
NEWS SUMMARY.

Ths Dakota Floods-A Church Blow
" 0Atonhs-A Fooi's Shot ut . Mouse
mo More Bodies Found.
The foods in Dakota continue. AL
attempts TO dislodgs the ice eora,
above MaDdan have proved futile, an(
toleRraphic Communication With tha
place has been cut off. All the low
lands between Mandan and Bismarck
were flooded, and the Boston syndicate
property, including q Touring mill and
some fifty residences, elevator sbops
and every thing south Of the track, was
submerged. At Pierre the river was
higher than at any time since 1881, and
at Sundown people were seen flying tc
the blufis at Fort Pierre, on the opp .
site side. ff
Near White Bread Hill, in tho Indian
Territory, last week, o man named Eos
ter hred several shots at m ouse which
appeared iu corner of his log cabin
where stood . osn Of powder, One OF
the shots struck tho can ard explode
che powder. Oae OF Fosters childrer
was killed and another mortally ipiur
cd, while Foster and bis wife Sustained
revere injuries.
A despatch from Humboldt, Ksnsar,
soys the Whitaker Quaker Church a,
Suffalo was blown to atoms by q qiar
powder explosion ON Saturday night
frank Van Meter was arrested ut OF.
tawa yesterday on the charge of haviuo
committed the deed. Van Meter was
prosecuted recently by some members
OF the church for gambling.
No more bodies bad been found in the
ruins Of the Richmond Hotel, In Buf.
falo, up to noon on Monday, when Il Z
searching party was withdra wn, owing
to the shakiuess of the walls. The
hotel safe has been opened, and its con.
tents, including about $50 coo worth of
diamonds, found in good shape.
The Treasury Department has de
cided adversely on the application 70
admit free of duty o dragon, $50 feet
long, representing the god "Ho Wong. -
and intended for joss house in San
Francisco The figure is composed of
paper, silk, metal. glass, feathers, tinsel
and goats hair.
While some workmen In o house 10
course OF erection In Lancaster, Pa,
we're on Monday drinking beer from o
keg, quarrel arose and Alexander
Leibsley, a plasterer, stabbed George
W. q cht6s . PhtA-bok, III tIo q, IN /.
hicting what is believed to be fatal
wound.
About one hundred employees of the
Columbia cignr factory, in Chicago,
struck on Monday. They are non
nnioDists, and claim to be poorly paid
The Inter national Cigar Mskers' Union
has promised to take mp their fight on
condition that all join the union.
Although this is the day for opening
the proposals for furnishing 1910 tous O I
gan steel and 4500 tons of steel arrnor
plates required by the Navy Depart
rnent for the monitors and cruisers, no
proposals. had been received at the do.
partineRt up to last night.
The Assistant Tressurers of New
York, Philadelphia and Boston have
been instructed TO receive deposits for
one and two dollar silver cartificates
and to resume the issue of those notes.
The order went into effect Monday.
Henry l.. Adams, bookkeeper In the
Evening Star Cffice at Washing ION, dis
appeared last Tuesday. His accounts
are correct, and foul play is feared. He
was about 40 yeare of age, aud left q
family OF seven children.
Auo stIihlns mlners IN tD6 Fe0ria CiE-
trict Of Illinois have secured poss essiou
OF the Rutherford GOAL mine at Wesley
Oity, and Monday began to work 1t on
the cooperative plan.
Philippine Muth, ngsd 1S years, and
two weeks married, committed suicide
by shooting herself in New York tene,
ment Monday. 1t is thought she was
insane.
The powder factory off. G. Anthony,
near NeRaunee, Wisconsin, blew up
Monday, killing L. Fl. Stanley and his
Eon Albert, aged Is years.